Danny Katz

Danny Katz

@dsk409.bsky.social

Father, husband, drummer, data enthusiast, animal lover, vegan, political junkie, all things Marvel, music, and Minnesota Vikings/T-Wolves; people over profits! (he/him)

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I feel the weight of this moment, & because of ya’ll, I understand this is the primary or only way some folks have experienced the US. We all need to understand that if we want to come out the other side in a meaningful way. It can’t be said enough; THANK YOU for all you’ve done & continue to do!!

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This guy gets it: Trump's autocratic attempt is going well. They don't care what most of the US thinks, and vanishingly few of his voters regret their vote because trans people and immigrants are being hurt more than they are being hurt.

Elad Nehorai@eladn.bsky.social

The hopium is wild to see. No, Trump isn't "fucked." He is in a moment many fascists were, which is to say losing popularity once in power. But that is why authoritarians take power: so no one can take it from them. Popularity doesn't matter as much when you're in complete control.

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Amazon is down 2% on the open after news that the President of the United States is upset at its private business decisions... What do you call a country where citizens and business leaders are afraid of retaliation by the executive if they don't publicly support his policies?

This is really cool. Go science!

BK. Titanji@boghuma.bsky.social

I thought it was a joke but it's not. There's an actual study. Researchers at Penn & Finland engineered gum with antiviral bean proteins that ⬇️ viral load in the mouth the main site of replication for many viruses, including SarsCov2, HSV-1 &2, & influenza. www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences...

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Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials. Imagine if I had said to law firms that you will not be allowed into government buildings. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me

This is sad, and I’m sure there are tons of similar stories that aren’t getting any attention. It’s easy to jump to “I never thought the leopards would eat my face”, but I think it’s more productive to persuade folks like this join the opposition to this admin.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

This is a very sad story, but what makes me crazy is that people tried to explain that this is what would happen and got caricatured as "woke" hysterics www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Not sure if I should laugh or cry. Maybe both🤯

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

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Just to spell this out: you, too, are not breaking the law. Versions of this could happen to any of us.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social

NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more. The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law. No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.

It’s been 7 weeks. Where do you think this ends? How do you think this realistically plays out 2-3 years from now? What happens when they run out of targets? When will you become the next target?

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Seems a bit concerning…😳🤯

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

This is why complying in advance never works; when they’re done with one group, yours might be next

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

Immigrants, trans people, palestinian rights activists, eventually it’s going to be your turn when the regime decides you are an enemy

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1. Major news in transgender care. Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines. They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the Cass Review in England. Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

erininthemorning.comNew German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass ReviewThe recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.

They don’t care about us at all; they just want the rich to get richer.

Qasim Rashid, Esq.@qasimrashid.com

CBO Report: To achieve budget goals, GOP must cut Medicare or Medicaid What are those goals? -$4.5T in tax cuts for 800 billionaires & a few hundred billion dollar corps, many of whom only currently pay less than 5% tax That's it. That's the GOP goal. Steal from the poor to fund their rich donors.

Take a moment to read this short thread. Absolutely nails it!

Anat Shenker-Osorio@anatosaurus.bsky.social

Tempting as it is to focus and fixate on every element of Trump's speech promoting the destruction of our union, this hot mic moment crystallizes it all. /1

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Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous. www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...

thebulwark.comStand With Trans AmericansYou don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.

Stand with trans Americans 👊🏼✌🏼💜

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

Stand with trans Americans. You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous. www.thebulwark.com/p/stand-with...

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Stephen Miller's legal group alleged in 2023 that NASCAR participated in the “ongoing, deliberate, and illegal discrimination against white, male Americans.” Now, similar complaints will be a priority at the gov't agency for combatting employment discrimination. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comA right-wing group accused NASCAR of discrimination against white dudes. It’s a blueprint for TrumpThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has new priorities: protecting white, American-born, heterosexual men and women.

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If you ever wondered what it was like to be alive in Germany in 1933 when Hitler came to power, began to consolidate power, threatened democratic nations and sided with other dangerous right wing leaders, now you know.

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary... "Tillis ultimately provided the crucial 50th vote to confirm." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

vanityfair.com“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on CongressWith the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.

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Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.

npr.orgTrump's anti-trans effort is an agenda cornerstone with echoes in historyExtremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.

A cornerstone of oppression is suppression. If people don’t understand the system they exist in, they’re far less likely to rage against it. Exploitation is easier when the exploited don’t fight back.

Dr. William Horne@wihorne.bsky.social

It is clear as someone who studies Black critiques of white supremacy—framed by Republicans as DEI—that this Trump admin initiative could very easily result in criminal penalties for those researching & teaching abt regimes of oppression & movements for liberation. A criminalization of critique.

And for breakfast, autocracy with a side of christian nationalism.

Reuters@reuters.com

US President Trump said that he will sign an executive order directing the attorney general to create a task force targeting anti-Christian bias within the federal government reut.rs/4gxXLhH

The DOJ wants to criminally prosecute private companies over DEI policies. Is that gov’t-sanctioned segregation?

Ida Bae Wells@nhannahjones.bsky.social

They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...

An important read right now.

Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social

In 2010, Viktor Orbán launched a power grab nearly identical to Trump's. It led to the death of democracy in Hungary. Hungarians I spoke with pleaded with me to learn from their experience — and act before it's too late. www.vox.com/politics/398...

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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

doomsdayscenario.coMusk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of GovernmentImagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now

So, we’re already pushing race science? 😳 🤯 I mean, it hasn’t even been 2 weeks…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

ALSOBROOKS: You said 'we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that is given to whites.' Can you please explain what you meant? RFK Jr: There's a series of studies ... ALSOBROOKS: What different schedule would you say I should've recevied?

Give it up for science!

Nature@nature.com

On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved suzetrigine for short-term pain management, making it the first non-opioid pain drug given a regulatory nod in more than 20 years. https://go.nature.com/40SKITt